Hi all,

I have a problem with property synthesis in my code, which I hope somebody can 
advise on. I find I have to write different property synthesis code for 32- or 
64-bit builds in order to avoid compiler errors.

A minimal demonstration of the problem can be found below - build as part of a 
fresh project on Xcode 5 or 6, with ARC disabled. It surprises me that I have 
to write different synthesis code for 32- or 64-bit builds - and this then 
makes me worry that I am doing something more fundamentally wrong. Can anyone 
comment (or explain)?

[I appreciate that this code may be old-fashioned in style - I am not even sure 
what is or is not the recommended style these days. It seems to work though - 
and, importantly, as far as I can tell the synthesized property myFlag on 
MutableSettings *does* map to the same backing variable, even on a 64-bit build 
where I am not able to specify the backing variable in the synthesis statement]

Cheers
Jonny


@interface ImmutableSettings : NSObject
{
    BOOL    _myFlag;
}
@property (readonly) BOOL myFlag;
@end

@interface MutableSettings : ImmutableSettings
@property (readwrite) BOOL myFlag;
@end

@implementation ImmutableSettings

-(id)init
{
    if (!(self = [super init]))
        return nil;
    _myFlag = true;
    return self;
}
@synthesize myFlag = _myFlag;

@end

@implementation MutableSettings
// This is very odd - I get errors on 64-bit builds if I specify a backing 
variable for synthesis,
// but I get errors on 32-bit builds if I *don't* specify a backing variable!?
#if defined(__x86_64__)
    // On 32-bit builds I get an error here:
    // "Synthesized property 'myFlag' must either be named the same as a 
compatible instance variable or must explicitly name an instance variable"
    @synthesize myFlag;
#else
    // On 64-bit builds I get an error here:
    // "Property 'myFlag' attempting to use instance variable '_myFlag' 
declared in super class 'ImmutableSettings'"
    @synthesize myFlag = _myFlag;
#endif

@end

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